Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mr.. PARNELL mus look opt for his laurels.
Henry Lablucherc is running him close in
the race for popularity in Ireland. Parneli l.
stolidly conservative compared TO Labouchere
on the Irish question.
A SAILOR who had jumped overheard to
rescue drowning man was asked afterward
If he hought he was 1T TO de. HI, reply was:
81 sh II Il not have been made more fit for de-
clhlng to do my duty"
THE Century Company preserves against
prouabe loss by fire the % 200 sheets Of copy
already prepared for the Century dictionary
by "hof' graphing and REDUCING each sheet TO
size easily handled and stored.
A MAN who was ringing the court house
bell at Princeton, ILL.,, suddenly felt the bell
rope twist itself about his neck. He was
quickly lifted If his feet by the dangerous
coil. The great bell swung back To Its proper
position, leaving the man dangling in the air.
Before he succeeded in releasing himself he
was nearly SJrangled.
COMAENTs in the German paper. the Kreuz
Zeitung, indi ate a considerable feeling OF
irritation in Germany at the result Of the f st
Afric IN delim taton conference, which lately
met IN London. A. this conference the sui
tan OF Zanzibar received strip Of coast eX-
tending from Care De gotta to the mouth o
the Osi river, and the ter TORY between the
hlllma-Njar and the Tana river was PLACED
under British rule. This arrangement. II Is
'uute into the LterIOr, the Tana river leadlng
10 The equatorial provinces Of Egypt. 1t =
also insnuated tina the rXuoditIOn At present
being ore aniZed in London t. relieve Emln
Bey at Casate has for 1t, Interior object the
terrOrizlng of the natives of tnat dit let, and
the secur ng OF the route to the illand lakes.
1T was proposed about a year ago that
medallion Of Sir Walter Scot should be pla ced
in the Poets corner of Westminster Abbey.
OF all the great men who are concentrated
there, most assuredly there is not one whose
CA ms on the admiration and the remem-
hrance Of his cOuntTymen stand higher than
do those of Sir W. alter Scott, and there is no
scottish ''worthy' who conferred more sub
stautial benefits upon his own country. Its,
therefore. nothing less than scandalOus thai
only f5S should SO far have been subs'ri bed
toward this la dy memorial, when f25S Is
wanted. | cannot help thinking that the
apa by Of the public ARIES. not SO much from
Indifference 20 The m 'mOry Of Scott, a. from
justltiahle disgust at the cupidity of the dean
anu cnaper "l Westu lnSIef, Whose ices lor
! admitting the medallion actually amount TO
EGO. while the memorial itself only costs
one-fourth of tn It truly eNJrbltant sum.
LONDON correspondent says: The "Old
London street." reproduced in the Colonial
exhibition with such admirable vraisem
blance, is feature so attractive that one can
not but hope orr American exhibition VIII
contain some spectacle as characteristic of
our continent. and one compelling the visits
of even more than the 5.5t0,J00 who visl ted
the Colonial. Every Englishman who kinks
of tieh seeing in America, doubtless first
thinks of Niagara, and FOR this we can Ct aim
even greater antiquity than castle and port
Gu IL, ale shop, or houses with gabies to the
treet. Would 1t not he well. then, to repro
duCe the general atures of this renowned
waterfall with eXactltude on as great scale
and with Is great rush Of water as wilt com
pei admiration and delight? The Philddel-
pha company which erected the immen-e
pumps now working SO successfully in cali
iornla might desire to exhibit their capacity
by throwing mighty stream over the Gctl-
uous Niagara. or with storage for the alter
cascade, could be turned on every fifteen
minutes.
PRAGUE is an honorable representative of
the Bohemian nation. 1t is superbly situated
on both sides of the Moldau, in an amphithe-
atre of hills, with splendid view up and
down the river. The two parts OF the city are
connected by &c erdl tine bridges, two o.
watch are suspens on. There 10 marked
difference betWt en- a bT dye in Europe and a
bridge in America. A bridge across an Amer
ican river i light and airy structure, on
account Of Is lenG h and design, and usually
str niger than it seem bridge in Europe.
even across st cam of modera w DIN, i
absolutely monumental. 1t Is of Old stone.
"a massive as the pyramids, and when 1t /
once IN place Is expect 80 endure forever.
Tn sc of stone at Prague are homo able 81 eci-
mems of the enduring style Of bridge archi-
! lecture. The suspension b. ldge~, like those
| ei-ewuere in Europe. have long lion limb
! instead Of the wire cab used in America,
/ which must greatly increase their weight and
require corresponding increase Of strength
| in the piers. One Of these bridges tCarr
| bruCheJ was built wears ago. But the
| most recent improvements are OF ample an
| tiquitv. 1t is flanked 10y tail towers hat once
served for the defense OF the CITY. 1t has SIX
| teen arches and the piles are ornamcntc b.
! thirty statues ana groups of saints, cOnsi'icu-
GUS among which are st. John NepO uurenC.
! TO whose memory 1t Is he q sacred. Ever
We it is the resort Of thousands OF GevOUt
] G2,AEs, mis- bO tTgt hlr nm 1ttt1
bring garlands, cand es and her offerings
\ less solid structure would 60 down into me
witt river below with the weight Of the wOr
shippers.